Bee: I saw your post on Lubos' blog, and your mention of the colony collapse of bees. We got into a discussion about that on one of his recent threads--a fun bee book is "A Book Of Bees" by Sue Hubbell. I had assumed it was the averroa mite, as the beekeepers on Vancouver Islandwere very aware of this. Last year, local honeybees were in (scant) evidence after some years of absence.As for the cellphone stuff, why not see if this phenomenon occurs in areas where there are no cels,BTW was your Bee analogy totally random :) ?

I'm in Boulder, Colorado for one day more; establishing a 'Plan C' for financial support, in case my European plans Plan A and Plan B fail. My Plan C actually looks more solid than my Plan A and my Plan B! Anyway, I managed through a full day of discussions and an hour presentation on two hours sleep and didn't say anything stupid and everyone seemed happy, so I'm satisfied. It's highly variable weather here, though, a couple of blue sunny mornings and rain in the evenings with snow as a possibility. I'm glad that you finally experienced Spring!